Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Meiosis-specific ZFP541 repressor complex promotes developmental progression of meiotic prophase towards completion during mouse spermatogenesis

  • Yuki Horisawa-Takada,
  • Chisato Kodera,
  • Kazumasa Takemoto,
  • Akihiko Sakashita,
  • Kenichi Horisawa,
  • Ryo Maeda,
  • Ryuki Shimada,
  • Shingo Usuki,
  • Sayoko Fujimura,
  • Naoki Tani,
  • Kumi Matsuura,
  • Tomohiko Akiyama,
  • Atsushi Suzuki,
  • Hitoshi Niwa,
  • Makoto Tachibana,
  • Takashi Ohba,
  • Hidetaka Katabuchi,
  • Satoshi H. Namekawa,
  • Kimi Araki,
  • Kei-Ichiro Ishiguro

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23378-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The authors add to our knowledge of the transcriptional regulation of the meiotic program in mice spermatocytes, showing ZFP541 regulates meiotic prophase and transition to the division phase by being the target for upstream factors MEIOSIN/STRA8.